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And the winner is...
7th Sep 2010Each year, the team that raises the most money for the Kokoda Challenge Youth Program wins a trip for four to Papua New Guinea to walk the historic Kokoda Track. The prize is valued at more than $13,000 and is courtesy of our trekking partners Kokoda Spirit.
This year many of the teams have made an outstanding contribution to the teenagers in the program, but there can only be one winner.
And the winner is…Gordan Green Machine!
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Helping Aussie Teens - Georgia's Kokoda Story
27th Aug 2010I have been one of the most privileged people in the world. To be apart of something like the Kokoda kids has brought the best out of me - and for that matter, it has brought the best out of everyone in the Gold Coast team.
This program has changed my life. I have met some of the most wonderful people who I now call my friends and love very dearly; and I have been mentored by a few of the world's greatest.
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Kokoda Challenge Melbourne - registration is now open!
26th Aug 2010Kokoda Challenge is coming to Melbourne!
The Kokoda Challenge Association is spreading its wings. Thanks to the support of our major sponsor Boost Juice Bars, we will be launching a Kokoda Challenge event (30km) in Melbourne on the 24th of October this year.
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This is what it's all about...
20th Aug 2010The best way to describe last Wednesday night is INSPIRATIONAL.
An intense feeling of fulfilment overflowed into the room as the 2009 Kokoda Kids completed their 14 month journey in the company of their proud parents, supporters and the Kokoda Diggers at the official Graduation Ceremony held at Southport R.S.L. Each one of them stood tall, reflecting on their achievements and the positive changes that they have made in their lives.
Ben Tuckwell, a Brisbane Kokoda Kid, shared with the crowd of more than 150 his previous fear of public speaking - exemplifying his new found confidence.
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This is what it's all about...
20th Aug 2010The best way to describe last Wednesday night is INSPIRATIONAL.
An intense feeling of fullfilment overflowed into the room as the 2009 Kokoda Kids completed their 14 month journey in the company of their proud parents, supporters and the Kokoda Diggers at the official Graduation Ceremony held at Southport R.S.L. Each one of them stood tall, reflecting on their achievements and the positive changes that they have made in their lives.
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Presentation Picnic
11th Aug 2010A fresh looking group of Kokoda Challenge competitors and supporters traded trekking boots for thongs, and camel backs for cordial on Sunday afternoon at the first ever Presentation Picnic.
The Gold Coast weather put on a show, as did Kokoda Challenge entertainer Jeff ‘the bag man’ who rocked out some Aussie classics on stage.
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So how does the Challenge compare to the actual Kokoda Track?
5th Aug 2010There is no doubt the Gold Coast Kokoda Challenge is tough, but how does it compare to the actual Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea?
Wayne Wetherall, director of Kokoda Spirit Trekking has walked the Kokoda Track more than 40 times! And he also participated in his second Kokoda Challenge this year and whilst Wayne acknowledges the many obstacles of the Gold Coast event he says it doesn't compare to the "real thing" in Papua New Guinea.
"The Kokoda Track in PNG provides a much harsher and challenging environment. There are huge variations in weather and track conditions and temperatures range from 6 degrees through to 36 degrees with humidity hovering around the high 90% region," says Wayne.
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Sometimes technology decides to take a break...
5th Aug 2010On the weekend of the challenge a special group of you were cursing the false peek at Pages Pinnacle, or negotiating another river crossing on the Waterfall Loop or blinking in torch light like a stunned animal whilst rambling up the hill to Syd Duncan Park.
Another very patient group negotiated the parking at Polly's Kitchen, braved the cold at Mt Nimmel Hall and hung dirty shoes off the side of their cars.
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In the hours preceding failure...
21st Jul 2010Of our two teams, only 2 of us managed to finish.
Listening to the stories of the people who failed to complete the Kokoda Challenge, I am a bit jealous of what they have experienced. In my opinion, the distance covered is irrelevant. What is relevant is what you learn when you push your body to failure.
Some people fail at 5km, others fail at 100km, the Kokoda challenge was just a format that allowed as many people as possible to experience physical failure in its rawest form such as physical exhaustion, combined with sleep deprivation in the cold and dark. To top it off, they make you compete as a team, so pulling out makes you feel as though you are letting your team down.
What does that do to you as a person?
I can tell you that it is emotional, this sort of thing brings grown men to sob. But what comes out of this is a deep understanding of the human spirit. Getting to that point is like living an entire lifetime in one event, from jovial beginnings to a bitter end, where you think you can go on, but your body is slowly dying on you.
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Kokoda Challenge a great success!
20th Jul 2010There were tears and cheers and not a person who didn’t learn something about themselves, their team or spare a thought for what the diggers endured on the Kokoda Track in 1942.
Team Nike Hammer set a new event record of an amazing 11 hours and 48 minutes. In contrast to the last team of four that crossed the line late last night some 39 hours after beginning.
But what stood out about this year’s Kokoda Challenge was not the time the teams crossed the line, but the spirit in which they did it - 50% of teams crossed walked underneath the guns as a full team of four, demonstrating the true spirit of the event – mateship, endurance, courage and sacrifice.
Thank you to all those people who contributed to making the weekend a great success.
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